USA Today Review's Downie's "Rules of the Game"

Downie, married and father of four but an acknowledged loner, wrote the novel over the next few years. A weekend hobby, he says. Sometimes he wrote in 48-hour bursts of creativity.

But anyone who was ever been edited by Downie can take some solace in knowing he had to write four drafts before it finally was accepted.

“I’m an editor, not a natural writer,” he confesses, although he says he’s “surprisingly pleased” with the final outcome, which is already being shopped around as a potential movie.

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